Jessie Hoffman was put to death on Tuesday after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. It was the state’s first execution ...
Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...
Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first ...
Cataumet resident William F. Grant has proposed a citizen petition for Annual Town Meeting in May to ban nitrogen-based ...
In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court refused to grant a stay to block Louisiana's execution of an inmate by use of nitrogen gas.
BATON ROUGE, LA - A motion was filed earlier this month challenging the state of Louisiana's use of nitrogen gas for the ...
Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's attorneys have been arguing that he shouldn't be executed by the controversial and largely ...
Under the state's new procedure, Hoffman will be strapped to a gurney and forced to breathe pure nitrogen gas through a ...
Mr. Hoffman is a Buddhist. And he argues that the State's chosen method of execution—nitrogen hypoxia—violates his rights under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000.
Louisiana was scheduled to murder Jessie Hoffman by first immobilizing him by tying down his arms, hands, legs and torso on a ...
Attorney General Liz Murrill confirmed Tuesday evening that Louisiana had carried out the execution of death row inmate ...